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Battle of Antietam
A. Here are links to pictures of various aspects of the Battle of Antietam both before and after the battle occurred:
  1. Confederate dead by a fence on the Hagerstown Road
  2. Another view of Antietam Bridge
  3. Bodies of Confederate dead gathered for burial
  4. Antietam on the day of the battle
  5. Keedysville, Md. Smith’s barn used as a hospital after the battle of Antietam
  6. President Lincoln and Gen. George McClellan in the general’s tent
  7. View on battle field of Antietam where Sumner's corps charged the enemy. Scene of terrific conflict.
  8. Confederate wounded at Smith’s barn with Dr. Anson Hurd, 14th Indiana Volunteers, in attendance
  9. A blacksmith shoeing horses
  10. President Lincoln, Gen. George McClellan and a group of officers

B. Use this Photo Analysis Worksheet to analyze your assigned picture from the list above. You will be sharing your analysis with your classmates so be thorough.
C. After you finish your analysis, you may peruse some of the other pictures of the Battle of Antietam here: Other Antietam Photos

Could photographers take pictures of battles as they were taking place? Click on the link to help you answer the questions: Taking photos during the Civil War


Civil War Glog

You will be creating something called a glog which is a multimedia online poster. Simply put, it is a tool that you can use to create a digital poster with pictures, video, sound, and other graphics included. This will not be your average, everyday poster.

Step 1: Choose a Topic
Your first step is to choose a topic. We’ve discussed many of these things over the last several weeks. Most of these topics are mentioned in your textbooks so if you need a reminder about a certain topic, you may look it up there to begin. Start by choosing a topic or at least narrowing your choices down to 2-3 topics.

Topics:
  1. Emancipation Proclamation
  2. A Soldier’s Life (Either Confederate or Union or both as a compare/contrast)
  3. Divisions within the North and the South
  4. Draft Laws in the North and the South
  5. Economic Strains in the North and the South
  6. Civil War’s Effect on Women
  7. Civil War Medicine
  8. Decisive/Important Battle (you choose from the list below and must demonstrate why it was decisive/important)
    1. First Bull Run
    2. Antietam
    3. Gettysburg
    4. Vicksburg
    5. Other (clear it with me first)
  9. Total War
  10. Northern Perspective vs. Southern Perspective
  11. Important People (Either choose one or do a compare/contrast between two leaders with similar roles)
    1. Abraham Lincoln
    2. Jefferson Davis (Confederate President)
    3. Robert E. Lee
    4. Ulysses S. Grant
    5. George McClellan
    6. Clara Barton
    7. If there is another person you would like to study, clear it with me first.
  12. Technology’s Effect on the Civil War
  13. African Americans Effect on the Civil War

Step 2: Set up a Glogster account:
Once you’ve chosen your topic, go ahead and set up your Glogster account by following the steps below.
  1. Click on this link: Create a Glogster Account
  2. Enter this code: 7H9B5Uin the space labeled "Educator/school code." This will allow me to see what you guys are working on.
  3. Continue through the rest of the registration process.
  4. Once your account is set up and you are logged in, click on "Create Your First Glog" under the "Glogs" tab, and begin experimenting and working on your project.

Step 3: Research and Create:
Now that your account is set up, you may begin researching and finding more specific facts about your chosen topic. Use your textbooks to begin your research, and use ideas or words that you find there to guide your research online. Use the sources I have listed below to find your information. Ask me for permission to search outside of these sources.

Finally, begin creating your glog. This will take some experimentation until you are familiar with the tools that are available to use, but have fun.

Sources:
    1. US Civil War Effects on People - Primary sources concerning various aspects of the Civil War's effect on people.
    2. Civil War Battlefields - Information about various Civil War battlefields.
    3. Biographies - Biographies of many people who played a role in the Civil War.
    4. Civil War Trust - All kinds of Civil War-related content can be found here
    5. Emancipation Proclamation - Information about the document, and pictures of the original document.
    6. History Channel: Total War - History Channel video and information about the Union's strategy of "total war."
    7. CivilWar.com - Lots of information here: weapons, battles, people, slavery
    8. Library of Congress: Glass Negative Collection - Collection of photos of various things pertaining to the Civil War (The photos of Antietam that we analyzed were from this collection)
    9. The American Civil War Homepage - All kinds of good resources here. A little difficult to search through, but good things to be found.
    10. Harper's Weekly - Harper's Weekly was a widely read newspaper during the Civil War. All of the papers have been digitized, and can be viewed. Some interesting info on Civil War Medicine can be found here.
    11. Civil War Sites - This is a database of a bunch of websites with Civil War information.



Civil War Quiz Questions


If you finish your glog or prezi early, continue learning about the Civil War by doing the following:

  1. Go to this website: History Channel: Civil War 150 Years
  2. Create a google doc.
  3. Share the document with me.
  4. Write your own quiz questions using material that you find on the website above. There is some very interesting information to be found on the site.